CVE-2026-53100

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's mt76 wireless driver. This vulnerability occurs in the remain-on-channel functionality, where the mt76_remain_on_channel() and mt76_roc_complete() functions attempt to acquire a mutex that is already held. This improper handling of the device mutex can lead to a system deadlock, causing the system to become unresponsive. Additionally, a secondary deadlock can occur with the mac_work workqueue.

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